Press ReleasePress Release · Monday, December 11, 1995

Press ReleaseDecember 11, 1995Additional Nixon Papers to Be Opened at the National Archives

Washington, DC . . . On Tuesday, December 19, l995, the National
Archives will release additional files from the Nixon
Presidential historical materials at its College Park, MD
facility located at 8601 Adelphi Road. The material will be
available beginning at 9 A.M. in the Central Research Room. (See
information below for hours and directions to the facility.)

The bulk of the approximately 50,000 pages of textual material is
from the White House Central Files, Subject Files. The materials
relate to Federal government agencies including the Canal Study
Commission, the Coastal Plains Regional Commission, the Committee
for the Preservation of the White House, the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting and the Federal Safety Council.

In response to researcher requests, the National Archives is also
releasing nine White House Central Files, Name Files including
Lamar Alexander, Patrick Buchanan, Robert Dole, H. Ross Perot and
Colin L. Powell.

Since 1986, the National Archives has had 13 openings of Nixon
paper materials. To date, five million pages of textual
materials, 4,000 videos and 450,000 photographs related to the
Nixon Presidency have been released.

The Research Room closes on Monday and Wednesday at 5 P.M.; on
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 9 P.M.; and on Saturday at 4:45
P.M. Research cards are required. Personal property, i.e.
notebooks, briefcases, purses or fountain pens are not allowed in
the research room. Lockers are available. Debit cards may be
purchased for the photocopying machines.

DIRECTIONS: BY CAR the National Archives at College Park is
approximately 40 minutes from downtown Washington, DC. Take
North Capitol Street north, turn right onto Michigan Avenue
(Michigan Avenue becomes Queens Chapel Road in Maryland),
continue to East West Highway, turn left on Adelphi Road and
follow it to the Archives II entrance on the right. Parking is
available.

BY SHUTTLE from the National Archives in Washington, DC, board
the bus on 7th Street between Pennsylvania and Constitution
Avenues, NW. The shuttle leaves on the hour, from 8 A.M. to 5
P.M., returning to the downtown building from Archives II on the
hour. Researchers may use the shuttle on a space available basis
with National Archives staff members receiving priority boarding.

BY METRO take the Green Line to the Prince Georges Plaza station.
Transfer to the R-3 bus which stops at Archives II.

For additional PRESS information, please contact the National
Archives Public Affairs staff at (202) 501-5525 or by e-mail at public.affairs@nara.gov. Visit the
National Archives Home Page on the World Wide Web at http://www.archives.gov/.